Globally, tackling climate change and promoting low-carbon development has become a universally accepted course of action. self20century90Since the 1990s, human understanding of climate change has gradually deepened, and a scientific theoretical system and systematic governance framework have been constructed. In order to deeply understand the research status and development stage of carbon emission reduction path, this paper systematically combs and analyzes the relevant literature. This study was selected based on the Web of Science core collection database 2006 Year to 2023 Published by global scholars 8679 the English documents were used as research samples, and CiteSpace software was used to conduct an in-depth visual analysis of the number of published papers, the group of core authors, the distribution of research institutions, published journals, keywords and key areas of research. The results reveal that research in the field of carbon emissions in1991Before 200 years, it was still in its infancy, and then the number of literature increased year by year. The main research institutions are distributed in China, the United States and the United Kingdom, and the research in this field involves environmental science, engineering, environmental science, economics and other disciplines. In addition, climate change and energy development and rational utilization are the two major research hotspots in this field. The study results indicate that: (1) During the study period, the research of carbon emission reduction path received high attention, and the publication volume of relevant literature continued to increase and the growth rate increased significantly. (2) Through the analysis of the author group, it is found that a clear core author group has not been formed in the field of carbon emission reduction path. (3) The main research forces are concentrated in China, the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, among which 13 research institutions including the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University have shown significant research ability and influence, and the cooperation between the research institutions and the authors is very close.(4) In terms of published journals, yes10The international journals show high attention to the field of carbon emission reduction, covering environmental science and ecology, energy and fuel, environmental engineering, economics and public management and other fields. Through the visual analysis of keywords, it is found that energy transition, microstructure research and carbon emission are the key objects of current research. Based on the analysis results and the actual situation, this paper puts forward the focus and direction of carbon emission reduction path research, aiming to provide theoretical and practical reference for the realization of carbon emission reduction targets.